Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability within a given context. Design/methodology/approach: Taking the cognitive approach we examine the role of several individual-level factors and the entrepreneurial context in the form of persona...

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Autores: Bayon, Manoj, Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656, Vaillant, Yancy
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/27712
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/27712
https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40497-015-0020-0
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial ability
perception
self-confidence
Catalonia
Emprenedoria
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
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spelling Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial contextBayon, ManojLafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656Vaillant, YancyEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipentrepreneurial abilityperceptionself-confidenceCataloniaEmprenedoriaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovacióPurpose: The main purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability within a given context. Design/methodology/approach: Taking the cognitive approach we examine the role of several individual-level factors and the entrepreneurial context in the form of personal knowledge of other entrepreneurs and territorial location in influencing positive perceptions of entrepreneurial ability. The proposed hypotheses are tested on a dataset of 1961 respondents randomly selected from the adult population in Catalonia region in Spain. Findings: Our results reveal that among the individual level factors, a median level of education, experience (both prior entrepreneurial experience and job), task specific knowledge and age have a significantly positive influence on perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia. However, among the entrepreneurial context it is the knowledge of other entrepreneurs rather than territorial location that have a significantly positive influence on perceived entrepreneurial ability. Originality/value: Previous studies have reported that nascent entrepreneurs tend to have significantly favourable perceptions of their entrepreneurial ability. In this study using the cognitive learning framework we examined the antecedents of such perceived entrepreneurial ability thereby extending the stream of studies that look at pre-entry factors that influences entrepreneurial cognitions. The value of our research is in identifying and explaining the combined role of individual-level resources and the contextual environment in influencing one of the most important drivers of nascent entrepreneurship in an economy. Implications: The main implication of our study is that favourable perceptions of entrepreneurial ability can be influenced through participatory learning as well as behavioural modelling. Our study points to several ways through which favourable perception of entrepreneurial ability can be influenced within a given context.Peer ReviewedSpringer20152015-01-0120152015-05-04journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/27712https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40497-015-0020-0reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/277122026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
title Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
spellingShingle Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
Bayon, Manoj
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial ability
perception
self-confidence
Catalonia
Emprenedoria
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
title_short Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
title_full Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
title_fullStr Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
title_full_unstemmed Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
title_sort Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bayon, Manoj
Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
Vaillant, Yancy
author Bayon, Manoj
author_facet Bayon, Manoj
Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
Vaillant, Yancy
author_role author
author2 Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656
Vaillant, Yancy
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial ability
perception
self-confidence
Catalonia
Emprenedoria
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
topic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial ability
perception
self-confidence
Catalonia
Emprenedoria
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Competitivitat i innovació
description Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability within a given context. Design/methodology/approach: Taking the cognitive approach we examine the role of several individual-level factors and the entrepreneurial context in the form of personal knowledge of other entrepreneurs and territorial location in influencing positive perceptions of entrepreneurial ability. The proposed hypotheses are tested on a dataset of 1961 respondents randomly selected from the adult population in Catalonia region in Spain. Findings: Our results reveal that among the individual level factors, a median level of education, experience (both prior entrepreneurial experience and job), task specific knowledge and age have a significantly positive influence on perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia. However, among the entrepreneurial context it is the knowledge of other entrepreneurs rather than territorial location that have a significantly positive influence on perceived entrepreneurial ability. Originality/value: Previous studies have reported that nascent entrepreneurs tend to have significantly favourable perceptions of their entrepreneurial ability. In this study using the cognitive learning framework we examined the antecedents of such perceived entrepreneurial ability thereby extending the stream of studies that look at pre-entry factors that influences entrepreneurial cognitions. The value of our research is in identifying and explaining the combined role of individual-level resources and the contextual environment in influencing one of the most important drivers of nascent entrepreneurship in an economy. Implications: The main implication of our study is that favourable perceptions of entrepreneurial ability can be influenced through participatory learning as well as behavioural modelling. Our study points to several ways through which favourable perception of entrepreneurial ability can be influenced within a given context.
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